DAMAN DISTRICT, Kandahar Province – It is midday in Ghra village and farmers are leaving their farm for their homes. Eleventh grader Jamil Ahmad, 19, has just returned home from school on his motorcycle....

KABUL CITY, Kabul Province – Sodias Karimi, 26, is proud to bring light to the lives of Kabul residents. Sodais, an electrical engineer, works to light the roads currently under reconstruction in Kabul...

ENJIL DISTRICT, Herat Province – It may be a longer commute but many travelers prefer using the Jalwarcha road when going to Herat City because it is less dusty. More travelers tend to travel between Adraan...

Washington, May 11, 2012– The burden of traffic accidents continues to be a missing link for development in Latin America. With 130,000 people killed and six million injured annually, Latin America must...

The urban populations of Africa and South Asia will double in the next 20 years, intensifying today’s challenges of housing, transportation, sanitation, and public health in cities. Cities that are growing...

South Asia has seen an accelerated job growth and a substantial decrease in poverty over the past three decades, second only to East Asia. The region will be the largest contributor to the global workforce...

May 11, 2011 —The United Nations’ Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 kicks off today amid growing momentum to reduce the death toll on the world’s roads—a trend on the rise in many emerging economies...

South Asia: Smallest Decline in Growth (Enlarge)South Asia's rebound since March 2009 has been strong. South Asia is poised to grow by about 7% in 2010 and nearly 8% in 2011, thanks to the strong recovery...

Connecting to Global Economy South Asia’s annual GDP growth rate climbed to around 5.7% during 1980–2000, and further accelerated to 6.5% during 2000–07. However, the capacity of South Asia to efficiently...

Growth is key March 1, 2010 - South Asia’s prospects changed in the 1980s as it adopted pro-growth policies. It opened up markets to international competition, replaced the public sector with the private...

Global Economic CrisisThe global financial crisis contributed to deceleration in real GDP growth in South Asia, from 8.7% in 2007 to 6% in 2009. This was largely driven by a pronounced decline in investment...